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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [‎91v] (182/639)

The record is made up of 1 file (318 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1933-3 Feb 1938. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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I have, &c.
ANTHONY EDEN.
32
No. 4.
Mr Eden to M. Corbin.
Foreign Office,
Your Excellency, London, July 29, 1937.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
Excellency’s note of this day’s date relating to the persons covered
by paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 5 of the convention relating to the
abolition of rights of capitulatory character in the French Zone of
the Shereefian Empire, and to state that His Majesty’s Government
in the United Kingdom are in agreement with the terms of this
letter.
I have, &c.
ANTHONY EDEN.
No. 5.
Mr. Eden to M. Corbin.
Foreign Office,
Your Excellency, London, July 29, 1937.
There have been disputes in the past as regards the application
to the immovable property of British subjects, British-protected
persons and British companies in the French Zone of the Shereefian
Empire of protectorate legislation relating to expropriation, or the
imposition of servitudes, for reasons of public utility and as regards
the compensation payable therefor. Since it is the desire of both
Governments that all these disputes shall be settled or provision
made for their settlement at the moment when British subjects,
British-protected persons and companies in the zone cease to be
subject to a special judicial regime, it has therefore been agreed that
within two months of the date of this note His Majesty’s Consul-
General at Rabat shall present a list to the Shereefian authorities of
all the cases of this kind which His Majesty’s Government in the
United Kingdom consider should be settled. In the two months
following receipt of the list the Consul-General and the Protectorate
authorities will settle as many of these cases as possible by agreement
between them.
If there are any cases which cannot be settled in this way, it has
been agreed that they shall be referred to M. Cordier, First
President of the Court of Appeal at Rabat, to give his opinion as
regards the amount of compensation which is due as a matter of
equity on the understanding that the Government of the French
Republic and His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom
agree to accept this opinion as final.

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Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and notes relating to the surrender of British extraterritorial rights in the French zone of Morocco. Much of the early papers cover the interdepartmental discussion between the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , Foreign Office, Board of Trade, Dominions Office, Colonial Office, Department of Overseas Trade, and the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department) over the need to address the question of British rights in Morocco and what similar surrenders might be extracted from the French in exchange. Memoranda on this subject are included (folios 289-303 and 305-312).

The majority of the file deals with the drafting of a convention between the two powers to cover all related matters. Further correspondence with the Governments of the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, and Canada, as well as the British Merchants' Morocco Association, is included as part of this process. A copy of the convention, signed in July 1937, is contained in the file (folios 76-93), along with a number of drafts.

The need for and drafting of a new Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is also a matter covered by the papers. A copy of The Morocco (French Zone) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1937 is found on folios 7-8.

Correspondence with the Postal Services Department of the General Post Office and the British Consulate General in Rabat regarding the closure of British Postal Agencies in Fez and Rabat is also included.

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1 file (318 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 319; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [‎91v] (182/639), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3331, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100058739703.0x0000b9> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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